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Comptia Project + Project Management
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component
work performance information
percent complete
activity attributes (Output/Input)
co-location (Technique)
2. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity
activity attributes (Output/Input)
earned value (EV)
resource histogram
co-location (Technique)
3. Document that describes how procurement processes from developing procurement documentation through contract closure will be managed
project management body of knowledge
procurement management plan (Output/Input)
variance analysis (Technique)
network path
4. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results
standard
develop schedule (Process)
performance measurement baseline
buffer
5. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos
pareto chart (Tool)
master schedule (Tool)
risk register (Output/Input)
functional organization
6. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed
direct and manage project execution (Process)
administer procurements (Process)
quality management plan (Output/Input)
matrix organization
7. The process of completing each project procurement
time scaled schedule network diagram (Tool)
change control system (Tool)
close procurements (Process)
buyer
8. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result
program
lessons learned knowledge base
tool
administer procurements (Process)
9. The calculation of late finish dates and late start dates for uncompleted portions of all schedule activities. determined by working backward through the schedule network logic from the projects end date
backward pass
monitor
predecessor activity
acceptance criteria
10. An estimating technique that uses a statistical relationship between historical data and other variables (sq. foot in construction - lines of code in software development) to calculate an estimate for activity parameters such as scope - cost - budget
project management system (Tool)
standard
value engineering
parametric estimating (Technique)
11. Provision in the project management plan to mitigate cost and or schedule risk. modifier: management reserve (unknown risks) - contingency reserve (known - but unplanned risks)
reserve
plan procurements (Process)
product life cycle
project scope
12. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.
sub network
develop project charter (Process)
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
near critical activity
13. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval
scope creep
tool
simulation
late start date (LS)
14. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information
progressive elaboration (Technique)
project communications management (Knowledge Area)
hammock activity
Monte Carlo simulation
15. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups
project initiation management (Knowledge Area)
program evaluation and review technique (PERT)
decomposition (Technique)
work authorization system (Tool)
16. Condition or capability that must be met or possessed by a system - product - service result or component to satisfy a contract - standard - specification or other formally imposed document.
direct and manage project execution (Process)
project management process group
requirement
project management information system (PMIS) (Tool)
17. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach
define scope (Process)
configuration management system (Tool)
plan communications (Process)
functional organization
18. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed
change requests
activity list (Output/Input)
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
requested change(Output/Input)
19. Modification that allows an acceleration of the successor activity.
estimate costs (Process)
node
lead (Technique)
project life cycle
20. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors
work breakdown structure dictionary
finish date
project time management (Knowledge Area)
estimate at completion (EAC)(Output/Input)
21. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.
project schedule network diagram (Output/Input)
project management plan (Output/Input)
workaround
standard
22. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.
project risk management (Knowledge Area)
free float
plan risk management (Process)
request for proposal (RFP)
23. Graphic display of schedule related information.
identify risks (Process)
Gantt chart (Tool)
actual duration
decision tree analysis (Technique)
24. Hierarchically organized depiction of the project organization arranged so as to relate the work packages to the performing organizational units
portfolio management (Technique)
schedule model (Tool)
organizational breakdown structure (OBS) (Tool)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
25. Those processes performed to complete the work defined in the project management plan to satisfy project objectives
executing processes (Process Group)
organizational process assets (Output/Input)
firm fixed price contract (FFP)
schedule baseline
26. Summary level project schedule that identifies the major deliverables and work breakdown structure components and key schedule milestones
scope management plan(Output/Input)
external deliverable
human resource plan
master schedule (Tool)
27. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur
project scope statement (Output/Input)
late finish date (LF)
path convergence
manage stakeholder expectations (Process)
28. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance
brainstorming (Technique)
lessons learned knowledge base
work authorization
budget
29. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques
project management knowledge area
quality
scope baseline
early finish date (EF)
30. Continuously improving and detailing a plan as more detailed and specific information and more accurate estimates become available as the project progresses and thereby producing more accurate and complete plans that result from the successive iterat
earned value technique (EVT) (Technique)
near critical activity
progressive elaboration (Technique)
summary activity
31. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken
start date
performance reports (Output/Input)
project quality management (Knowledge Area)
milestone schedule (Tool)
32. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project
fixed price incentive fee contract (FPIF)
forward pass
activity code
scope
33. Analytical technique used to determine basic underlying reason that causes a variance or defect or risk
authority
performance measurement baseline
root cause analysis (Technique)
verification
34. Budgeted cost of work scheduled
sequence activities (Process)
BCWS
sponsor
scope creep
35. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project
monitor
project life cycle
perform integrated change control (Process)
node
36. Tracking team member performance - providing feedback - resolving issues and managing changes to optimize project performance
manage project team (Process)
project management plan (Output/Input)
change control system (Tool)
finish to finish (FF)
37. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project
simulation
report performance (Process)
schedule model (Tool)
scope
38. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes
deliverable (Output/Input)
workaround
calendar unit
scheduled start date (SS)
39. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary
statement of work (SOW)
risk register (Output/Input)
validation
scope baseline
40. Provider of products - services or results
project management knowledge area
seller
monitor
actual duration
41. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively
project scope management (Knowledge Area)
sub phase
preventative action
value engineering
42. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements
issue Point or matter in question or dispute
perform quantitative analysis (Process)
variance
milestone
43. The area on either side of the centerline - or mean - of data plotted on a control chart that meets the customer's requirements for a product or service.
distribute information (Process)
start to start (SS)
specification limits
hammock activity
44. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.
planning package
verification
voice of the customer
project initiation
45. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than
imposed date
monitor and controlling processes (Process Group)
early start date (ES)
activity attributes (Output/Input)
46. Hierarchal organization where each employee has one clear superior and staff are grouped by areas of specialization and managed by a person with expertise in that area.
perform quality control (Process)
output (Process)
functional organization
three point estimate (Technique)
47. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.
determine budget (Process)
earned value management (EV
early start date (ES)
milestone
48. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance
develop project team (Process)
estimate costs (Process)
template
schedule compression
49. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities
change control system (Tool)
finish to finish (FF)
project management team
communications management plan (Output/Input)
50. Condition or situation unfavorable to the project - a negative set of circumstances - a negative set of events - a risk that will have a negative impact on a project objective if it occurs - or a possibility for negative changes
logical relationship
threat
schedule compression
milestone